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Open AccessPerson-centered analysis of factors related to STEM students’ global awareness
Twenty-first century communication has changed how we connect to the rest of the world. Therefore, it requires the preparation of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students...
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Relaxed Flexible Bay Structure in the Unequal Area Facility Layout Problem
In this paper, relaxed flexible bay structure (RFBS) is introduced to represent the facility layout problem (FLP) with unequal area departments, which is a very hard problem to be optimally solved. The flexibl...
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Article
A review of clonal selection algorithm and its applications
Recently, clonal selection theory in the immune system has received the attention of researchers and given them inspiration to create algorithms that evolve candidate solutions by means of selection, cloning, ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Integrated Genetic Algorithm and Integer Programming Approach to the Network Design Problem with Relays
The network design problem with relays (NDPR) arises in many real-life telecommunication and supply chain networks. Similar to the multi-commodity network design problem, a set of commodities is given, and eac...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Two-Edge Disjoint Survivable Network Design Problem with Relays
In this paper, we study the network design problem with relays considering network survivability. This problem arises in telecommunications and logistic systems. The design problem involves selecting two edge-...
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Pruned Pareto-optimal sets for the system redundancy allocation problem based on multiple prioritized objectives
In this paper, a new methodology is presented to solve different versions of multi-objective system redundancy allocation problems with prioritized objectives. Multi-objective problems are often solved by mod...
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A Local Search Hybrid Genetic Algorithm Approach To The Network Design Problem With Relay Stations
The network design problem with relay stations arises in telecommunication and logistic systems. The design problem involves selecting network links and determining the location of the relay stations to minimi...
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Approaches to uncertainties in facility layout problems: Perspectives at the beginning of the 21st Century
Production uncertainty is one of the most challenging aspects in manufacturing environments in the 21st century. The next generation of intelligent manufacturing is dynamically depending on the production requ...
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Multiobjective Metaheuristic Approaches to Reliability Optimization
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Estimation of shrinkage for near net-shape using a neural network approach
A neural network approach is presented for the estimation of shrinkage during a hot isostatic pressing (HIP) process of nickel-based superalloys for near net-shape manufacture. For the HIP process, the change ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Neural Computing Approach to Shape Change Estimation in Hot Isostatic Pressing
A neural network approach is presented for the estimation of shape change during a Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) process of nickel-based superalloys for near net-shape manufacture. For the HIP process, shrinkag...